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Hard knocks tend to teach lessons that don't get forgotten, in investing as well as in life. But as most investors know, learning from someone else's experiences is a far better way of deriving ...

Life has a way of teaching you lessons, often the hard way. These experiences can be tough to navigate but rewarding in hindsight. While advice from others can guide you, some truths only become clear ...

The years we spend in school are supposed to teach us the skills we need to live a successful life, yet there are several crucial lessons schools refuse to teach that people have to learn the hard way ...

The Los Angeles school system’s ambitious effort to provide all its students with digital computing devices is again in flux, this time after complaints about possible conflicts of interest and bid ...

When you spend years, even decades, building a life with someone, there’s an unspoken assumption of partnership, shared futures, and mutual consideration. You intertwine finances, dreams, and daily ...

AI dominated headlines in 2025 as India built massive computing power, topped global user charts, shaped AI policy worldwide, ...

Frontier women were strong, courageous, resilient and resourceful. They had to be. On their way to their new lives, they had learned some hard lessons, lessons that would serve them well in the harsh ...

In some cultures, when a boy reaches the age of 13, his entire community comes together to acknowledge his coming of age in a ceremony that celebrates the beginning of manhood. I’ve had to teach my 13 ...